tl;dr:(1) Advice: imagine you’re giving advice to someone else in your position. What are the concrete next steps you’d recommend they take? (2) Commit: identify how long each day you feel comfortable taking your own advice. I usually find 30 minutes or an hour is good. Some activities also have a natural “increment” that you can use as your commitment, like “I will send one cold email to a potential customer every day.” (3) Exit ramp: give yourself an exit ramp by identifying a date when you’ll reevaluate your commitment. This date needs to be soon enough where the commitment feels like a sacrifice but doable.
tl;dr:"Reaching the next level” in a skill usually means adding one or two new minigames to your arsenal while making only modest improvements in minigames that you’re already aware of." Charles discusses how to improve your engineering skills with shorter feedback cycles.